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'Game of Thrones' star Aidan Gillen joins 'Peaky Blinders' ensemble
Game of Thrones co-star Aidan Gillen has joined the Season 4 cast of the 1920s-set, British, gangster drama Peaky Blinders.

Led by Cillian Murphy, the ensemble includes Adrien Brody, Tom Hardy, Charlie Murphy, Charlotte Riley, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Joe Cole, Sophie Rundle, Finn Cole, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Kate Phillips.

"We have a dream team gathered for Series 4 of Peaky Blinders, coming to us for love of the series, which is great. Adrien Brody, Aidan Gillen and Charlie Murphy give us a wealth of talent to work with, and with Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley returning, we couldn't have hoped for more," creator Steven Knight said in a statement.

"The stellar cast Peaky Blinders continues to attract is testament to Steven Knight's incredible storytelling and the world-class production values of this original series. To welcome these actors to this BBC Two series alongside the rest of the show's outstanding cast is incredibly exciting," added

Piers Wenger, controller of BBC Drama.


'American Horror Story' Season 7: Billy Eichner lands a role
Television personality Billy Eichner is to play a role in Season 7 of American Horror Story, which is set in the aftermath of the 2016, presidential election.

"To work with @MsSarahPaulson? A dream," Eichner tweeted about his future co-star and AHS stalwart Sarah Paulson.

Deadline.com said few details about Eichner's character are known other than he frequently wears tank tops and is a confidante of Paulson's character.

The casting of the Billy on the Street star comes as Eichner has been criticizing on social media President Donald Trump's administration, EW.com noted.


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Two more 'Boardwalk Empire' stars join Michael Shannon in 'Waco'
Paul Sparks and Shea Whigham are joining their former Boardwalk Empire co-star Michael Shannon in the new miniseries Waco.

Also confirmed to appear in the six-part drama are Andrea Riseborough and Rory Culkin. Starring Taylor Kitsch and John Leguizamo, the series will be produced by Weinstein Television and is scheduled to air on Paramount Network in 2018.

"We are fired up by this wonderful cast, assembled by Harvey [Weinstein] and the entire Waco team," Ted Gold, senior vice president of scripted original series for Paramount Network, said in a statement. "Each of these actors bring such complexity and authenticity to everything they do and we can't wait to see them in these roles."

Waco is based on the true story of the 51-day standoff between the FBI and ATF, and David Koresh's spiritual sect, The Branch Davidians, in 1993 Texas. It is told from the perspectives of those involved in both sides of the conflict, which ended in a shootout and fire that killed nearly 100 people.

Sparks will play a Koresh confidante in Waco, Whigham will play the tactical commander of the FBI and Shannon will play an FBI negotiator.

In Boardwalk Empire, a Prohibition-era mob drama which ran on HBO 2010-14, Sparks played gangster Mickey Doyle, while Whigham portrayed corrupt state trooper Eli Thompson and Shannon played FBI agent Nelson Van Alden.


'Everybody Loves Raymond' reunion set for 'The Middle'
Monica Horan is to reunite with her one-time Everybody Loves Raymond co-star Patricia Heaton on an upcoming episode of Heaton's sitcom The Middle.

"After being reminded that Brick was never confirmed, Frankie and Mike send him to Rev. TimTom's Wilderness Jesus Jam weekend camp to brush up on his religious knowledge in preparation for the blessed event," an ABC synopsis of the April 11 episode of The Middle explains. "But Brick is shocked to discover that his bunkmate is no other than Blake Ferguson -- the boy he was switched at birth with and raised by his parents for the first month of his life."

Horan will play Blake's mom.

Charlie McDermott, who plays Axl on the show, directed the episode. The sitcom co-stars Neil Flynn as Mike, Eden Sher as Sue and Atticus Shaffer as Brick.

Heaton and Horan played sisters-in-law Debra and Amy on Raymond, a sitcom that ran nine seasons, 1996-2005. The Middle, which began airing in 2009, is in its eighth season.

Horan is not the first Raymond alum to appear on The Middle, however. Ray Romano and the late Doris Roberts have also been guest stars.


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Disney has revealed the title of its Wreck-It Ralph sequel -- Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2.

"OFFICIAL TITLE! We can't wait to break it! Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 hits theaters on March 9, 2018," the studio announced in a Facebook post Tuesday.

The movie will once again follow the lives and adventures of video-game characters. Returning for the sequel are the voice stars of the 2012 blockbuster Wreck-It Ralph, including John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer and Jane Lynch. Rich Moore is also back to direct.

"From the moment we started working on the first Wreck-It Ralph, we knew there were so many possibilities with these characters," Moore said when the project was first green-lit in June. "This time, Ralph's wrecking wreaks havoc on the Web -- as only he can do. Characters we loved in the first film are back and we are ecstatic to be working with them -- and the actors who voice them -- once again."